Jared Kushner ‘advised MBS after murder of Khashoggi’

Jared Kushner is said to have kept in contact with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman even after Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered by Saudi agentsSAUL LOEB,LUDOVIC MARIN/GETTY

The Trump administration was urged to break close ties with the Saudi crown prince yesterday after claims that Jared Kushner had remained in personal contact with him despite the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Mr Kushner, 37, President Trump’s son-in-law who serves as his Middle East adviser, was said to have held informal talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, and advised him on how to handle the backlash over the killing of the Washington Post writer, who died in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October.

Mr Kushner has also urged the president to stand by the prince, 33, as an ally in the Middle East, according to The New York Times, which cited anonymous American and Saudi officials.

Mr…

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